Anything wrong with WAMUG emails?

Hi Guys' just wondering if there is something wrong with WAMUG emails? Not getting many lately it makes me nervous :) Cheers, Alex -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -

Re: Anything wrong with WAMUG emails?

Hi Alex, No need to be nervous. Just no one requires any help ;-) Last WAMUG message to the mailing list was from Peter Curtis on Tuesday 27 August 2013 - Re: Thumb drive Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 29/08/2013, at 12:41 AM, Alex aln...@highway1.com.au wrote: Hi Guys' just

U.S. Government Confirms Android Security Problems

Hi People, Common tech wisdom has long held that iOS is far more secure than Android, but a report issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation confirm it. Android represented 79 percent of mobile malware threats in 2012, while iOS only accounted

Re: U.S. Government Confirms Android Security Problems

Here's a particularly good summary of the malware situation on Android: 32.8 million Android devices were infected with 65,227 different pieces of malware in 2012 alone compared to close to zero malicious exploits for iOS according to NQ Mobile. Take for example just one of these malware

Mail Drafts Missing - plus!

I had two emails in Drafts, both over a week old. I was working on one of them last night when both disappeared. Tried several things including Mailbox Rebuild and a Time Machine Restore. T.M. Restore made things worse! I was using iiNet POP account with Mail 6.5 and Mountain Lion OS X

Re: Mail Drafts Missing - plus!

Hi Alan, I had two emails in Drafts, both over a week old. I was working on one of them last night when both disappeared. Tried several things including Mailbox Rebuild and a Time Machine Restore. T.M. Restore made things worse! On Restoring the mailbox, T.M. created the Drafts folder

Re: Anything wrong with WAMUG emails?

Since we reminded posters that a massive annual fee of $30 is required for membership, many seem to have decided that the cost of 6 cups of coffee a year is way above their means. Consequently we have no where near as many emails these days. On 29/08/2013, at 12:41 AM, Alex

Re: Mail Drafts Missing - plus!

Hi Ronni Thank you - draft emails now recovered. My fault - I had selected the T.M. mailbox but not the individual messages. The second mysterious problem with old mailbox names on display has also cleared up - mysteriously.I returned to T.M. and scrolled back through my normal inbox to

What to do with old eMac

Last night some friends were discussing the problem of disposing of old computers (the ones we put in a cupboard but don't use anymore). One friend said she had an old Apple Mac - an eMac judging by the description. I would like to advise the friend of the opinions of WAMUG members.

Re: What to do with old eMac

Donate it! It might be useful to Kevin Locke (long time WAMUG member), who is a very generous good person who restores old Macs to give away for Free to charity. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 29/08/2013, at 12:14 PM, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: Last night some

Re: What to do with old eMac

Alan, as Ronni said, I refurbish Macs and give them to needy people. If it is indeed an eMac and it is a later model (1GHz or better) I can certainly use it. The species are inside the CD door.I do a clean install to wipe the disk. None of the donated Macs given to me are sold or given